Posted on 03/23/2017 4:16:08 PM PDT by mandaladon
Republican congressional investigators expect a potential “smoking gun” establishing that the Obama administration spied on the Trump transition team, and possibly the president-elect himself, will be produced to the House Intelligence Committee this week, a source told Fox News.
Classified intelligence showing incidental collection of Trump team communications, purportedly seen by committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and described by him in vague terms at a bombshell Wednesday afternoon news conference, came from multiple sources, Capitol Hill sources told Fox News. The intelligence corroborated information about surveillance of the Trump team that was known to Nunes, sources said, even before President Trump accused his predecessor of having wiretappedhim in a series of now-infamous tweets posted on March 4.
The intelligence is said to leave no doubt the Obama administration, in its closing days, was using the cover of legitimate surveillance on foreign targets to spy on President-elect Trump, according to sources.
The key to that conclusion is the unmasking of selected U.S. persons whose names appeared in the intelligence, the sources said, adding that the paper trail leaves no other plausible purpose for the unmasking other than to damage the incoming Trump administration.
The FBI hasn’t been responsive to the House Intelligence Committee’s request for documents, but the National Security Agency is expected to produce documents to the committee by Friday. The NSA document production is expected to produce more intelligence than Nunes has so far seen or described – including what one source described as a potential “smoking gun” establishing the spying.
Some time will be needed to properly assess the materials, with the likely result being that congressional investigators and attorneys won’t have a solid handle on the contents of the documents – and their implications – until next week.
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Is Jeff Sessions still alive? Does anyone know where the hell he is? He never recused regarding spying and leaks. Wtf is he doing?
Be prepared to be underwhelmed. A “potential smoking gun” sometime “next week” doesn’t inspire confidence.
Oh, please. You can’t really believe that.
Smoking guns are almost always all smoke and no gun.
Rerun of Levin talking on this now http://www.talkstreamlive.com/player.htm?as=46016&s=15031&k=3f09a943-cba8-4183-9df7-9592d94a20d2
You have made the case. FISA was the back door to collect data on Trump and transition.
Stock prices on popcorn companies should do especially well under President Trump.
We knew this already.
EXACTLY!!! If there were not a Fisa order on the President of Mexico and the Prime Minister of Australia this was a plain damn simple illegal wiretap. Even if there were a Fisa it was an illegal act to release the information, actually a felony.
Good Bye director Comey. Perhaps he would also like to live in Tahiti?
There better be some indictments, soon. Like this week.
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